Yet another thing that’s getting to “the next generation” You could probably have guessed this yourself – Wi-Fi 6 is faster than its predecessors. This means that it has the potential to deliver content from the internet faster than before. In fact, the theoretical top speed of Wi-Fi 6 is 9.6 Gbps, compared with 3.5 …
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Net Neutrality
“Net Neutrality” is a phrase we may be hearing more often in the coming months So what is it? “Net neutrality” is the concept that all data that whizzes around all of the internet is dealt with in exactly the same way irrespective of its content, source, or destination. So, for instance, if you visit …
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Why does Internet Service Provider Support seem so Bad?
I reckon that more than half of all of us are frustrated by poor ISP support and dread having to contact them We all know the scene: something’s gone wrong with your internet connection and you want to pursue it with your provider. It goes something like this: Hurdle 1: you can’t find a phone …
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Internet Traffic Shaping
Is your internet provider manipulating the speed of your internet connection? There’s a lot of data traffic passing through the internet and the amount is increasing all the time – especially now that we expect to be able to download or stream entire films and TV programs, and a household of four people could easily …
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Heartbleed Bug
There has been much publicity in the last few days about the Heartbleed Bug What is it? It’s not a virus or malware that can affect your computer. Rather, it is a vulnerability in the coding used by many websites that are meant to be secure as they encrypt the data passing in and out …
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Mobile Personal Hotspots
In the past, I’ve counselled buying a tablet that has 3G (cellular) access, but this may not be the best option for you My reasoning has always been straightforward. You will quite probably wish to take your tablet around with you. That’s what it’s for. But, away from your own wi-fi setup, you may not …
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Leading Us By The Nose
Have you noticed the “casual dishonesty” by commercial enterprises on their websites? We all know – I hope – that there are some out-and-out villains trying to deceive us online, but many otherwise highly-regarded organisations also appear to be “ethically challenged” online. You can sign out if you are not you Take Amazon, for example. …
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Internet Browsers
What are the main internet browsers and are two – or more – better than one? Internet Explorer Supplied by Microsoft as part of Windows, this used to be the leading browser. The European Commission judged that Microsoft was taking unfair advantage by supplying their own browser with their (almost ubiquitous) operating system. A deal …
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An example of Cloud Computing – ToodleDo Task Manager
Since I bought my Sony Tablet S I’ve been trying to consolidate all the different bits of software I use so that as much as possible is available on both my main Windows 7 laptop and on the Android tablet. “Android“, by the way, is the operating system on the Tablet. In other words, it …
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Website Frustrations
Web browing can be frustrating. Apart from connection problems and slow computers, we can often be thwarted by different kinds of computer problems that crop up on specific websites. These browsing problems are often caused by the particular combination of computer hardware and software, and sometimes caused by human error other than your own. Stating …
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